Impacts of Spatial Configuration of Land Surface Features on Land Surface Temperature across Urban Agglomerations, China

Booming urbanization triggers a significant modification of surface landscape configuration and hence complex urban climates. Considerable concerns exist regarding impacts impervious area (ISA) and/or green space (UGS) on land temperature (LST). However, knowledge gap still exists concerning the influence components related spatial LST. To date, case studies have usually focused individual cities, while few reports addressed relevant configurations LST within cities different sizes, at latitudes, with climatic backgrounds. Considering from latitudes various backgrounds can assist in obtaining comprehensive viewpoints about features both time. In this paper we analyzed data three agglomerations, Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH), Yangtze River Delta (YRD) Pearl (PRD), over period 2000–2015. These regions are densely populated most developed socio-economy across China, also dominated by booming urbanization. Based Landsat remotely sensed data, included pattern into our analysis, quantifying We found generally rising all which be attributed to continuous expansion-induced decreased UGS. Generally, ISA was 0.96–7.96 °C higher than that investigated joint effect composition had impact Specifically, UGS geometry future, expansion shrinking will drive tendency Moreover, larger observed sized smaller cities.